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Mark I first noticed this last night when looking through written answers for the past week. I noted Sir Reg's response which he said his department (Department for Employment and Learning) has utilised a range of programmes aimed at promoting health and well-being for all staff, for example the Health Works programme; the Employee Assistance Programme; the Condition Management Programme; Pre-maternity seminars; Managing Attendance, Relationships and Stress courses, pilot- Fast Track physiotherapy, as well as the Occupational Health Service and a dedicated Welfare Officer. In addition to these programmes and services, flexible working arrangements and special leave arrangements are also available to promote work-life balance.
Sir Reg has fallen well short in his answer. Reg doesn’t recognise that people can fall ill and then on the other token realise that when staff are ill they shouldn’t be given a written warning for doing so. To make things worse Reg probably doesn’t care if people get dismissed through their illness. What does Reg say to that? I am sure that there are members of Reg's department who pray every night they don’t get ill otherwise they will get left without a job.

RJ,
It is a case in the Civil Service that if you are off for whatever reason and break their trigger points you will get sacked. Their trigger points are 10 rolling days or 4 periods in a 12 month period. So if you had 4 periods of diarrhoea or vomiting or worse you will get a P45. There are cases where people with Cancer and MS have been sacked. And Sir Reg knows this.